Category Archives: KUZZ News

Road Rage Incident Leads to Assault Charges
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield man who allegedly knocked a vehicle into a canal with his car is facing two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and reckless driving. Abel Almanza, 35, faces...
KUZZ News Feb 26, 2026

Bakersfield Man Who Killed Daughter in Law Dies in Prison
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield man who killed his daughter in law in what authorities describe as an honor killing has died in prison. Jagjit Singh, 71, was serving a life sentence for first ...
KUZZ News Feb 26, 2026 Courtesy KGET

Ridgecrest Student Detained for Gun Possession
RIDGECREST, CA (KUZZ) -- A Ridgecrest high school student was detained after allegedly being found with a stolen handgun on campus. Police responded Wednesday to Mesquite Continuation High School on W...
KUZZ News Feb 26, 2026

President Honors Bakersfield Girl
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KUZZ) -- A young Bakersfield girl who was injured by an alleged undocumented immigrant driving an 18-wheeler was honored by President Trump at the State of the Union address Tuesday ...
KUZZ News Feb 25, 2026

School District Employees Outraged Over Raises
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Employees of the Bakersfield City School District are up in arms over how much of a raise they got, and how much of a bump district board members received. In January, the BC...
KUZZ News Feb 25, 2026

Multi-Million-Dollar Settlement Reached in Cop Car Crash
BAKERFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The City of Bakersfield has reached a multi-million-dollar settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit involving a former cop. In 2023, officer Ricardo Robles collided with a car a...
KUZZ News Feb 25, 2026 Ricardo Robles Courtesy KGET

Striking Kaiser Nurses Return to Work
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other Kaiser Permanente health care workers, including hundreds in Kern County, are set to return to work Tuesday after a four-week ...
KUZZ News Feb 24, 2026

New Information Released in Recruiter Sex Case
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- There's new information in the case of a Bakersfield National Guard recruiter accused of child sex crimes. A probable cause declaration released Monday says Jacob Robles, 24,...
KUZZ News Feb 24, 2026 Photo Courtesy KGET

Murder Charges Issued After Bakersfield Man is Beaten
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Two men accused of beating a man unconscious in central Bakersfield have been charged with murder. Alberto Felix and Salvador Gutierrez were charged in December after reporte...
KUZZ News Feb 24, 2026 iStyle

Pedestrian Killed in East Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A car versus a pedestrian has led to the death of a man in east Bakersfield. It happened Sunday night in the 700 block of Baker Street when a car struck a man who was walking...
KUZZ News Feb 23, 2026



